Introduction to Java

Hi everyone,. Am very new to Java.I have programmed in VB6 and want to do java. I want to create an application(exe) for updating, keeping and analyzing the data.But I don't know where to start from.Which Java softwares do I need to install?

at the very least, you need to install the jdk and jre from sun.com (i believe the jre comes with the jdk). from there you'll need to set up your environment variables (lots of topics to help you with that around here). then, you'll need to learn the java and probably oop basics through tutorials to get you moving.